On June 27, this alumnus of St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, was bestowed with the prestigious Queen's Young Leaders Award for an exceptional project titled ‘Red is the New Green’.
Freddie Mercury is globally famous as the lead singer of Queen. During his formative years, he played in a band in a boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra.
Few Indians know the story of Jenab Aliya Begum a.k.a Malika Kishwar, the remarkable queen of Awadh who lies in an unmarked grave at Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.